Re: [orca-list] Firefox vs Iceweasel
- From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis googlemail com>
- To: Christian <christian08 runbox com>
- Cc: orca-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [orca-list] Firefox vs Iceweasel
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:18:37 +0100
On 6/7/09 19:09, Christian wrote:
Iceweasel that comes with Debian I have not noticed any differences
compared to Firefox. Is this all the same except that they have
changed the name on it?
Iceweasel binaries aren't quite the same as Firefox binaries. Debian
wanted to be able to push security fixes into their Firefox packages at
leisure schedule, but Mozilla wasn't willing them to do that and offer
the result with Mozilla branding - since that might imply Mozilla was
responsible for any problems Debian's fixes might cause. So Iceweasel is
basically Firefox with GPL branding and Debian fixes.
--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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